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Unmasking Autism: The Power of Embracing Our Hidden Neurodiversity by Devon Price

36 reviews

kjoli's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Racism, Sexual assault, Police brutality, Gaslighting, and Dysphoria

fujo_cat's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

This is going to be my new personal recommendation for people looking for nonfiction books on autism!

I remember seeing this book around when it came out and I added it to my TBR immediately. It wasn’t until I watched an autistic tiktok compilation with so many people praising and recommending it that I actually picked it up. I’m glad I did! 

I had to write my review on it as soon as I finished listening to it. It’s been so long since I finished a book this fast; granted, I was listening to it on 2x, but it was still very enjoyable and informative. I can now understand the praise it got from the community and I agree — it’s definitely worth a read/listen. 

I had some expectations, I’m not going to lie; I did pick this up because of all the praise, so I was expecting something good. I’ll be honest, though, I wasn’t expecting something this good! I have this problem with nonfiction, that I usually can’t get into it after some pages — I tend to get bored of it. It did not happen with this one! There was no filler and although some information overlapped, it never felt unnecessary.

Wait, I’m done already? — this is what I thought at the end of it; seriously, it was way too quick. 

I usually don’t read or listen to nonfiction and I’m pretty picky with my choices. I’m glad it did not disappoint. 

I think what made this book so good is the way it takes a subject like autism and expands on it — taking into consideration a percentage of autistic people who are either undiagnosed, high-masking, or a mix of autistic and black/queer/trans/etc.. As an autistic AAA battery (agender, aromantic and asexual), I’m glad my existence was approached in a respectful and interesting way! 

Besides, it is also written in a professional but easy-to-understand way, which I can certainly appreciate. 

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Basically, this is a great book: easy to understand writing, an inclusive approach and a fantastic topic to explore. 

I’ll totally recommend this one to you if you are interesting in knowing more about autism and how it might manifest in those who mask. 

This book changed my view of myself as an autistic person, honestly. If you care even a bit for this topic or you have people in your life who are autistic or even neurodivergent, please give it a chance! 

Overall, I definitely enjoyed this and I’m looking forward to more books from Price! 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Alcoholism, and Mental illness

Minor: Eating disorder, Racism, Self harm, Transphobia, and Police brutality

alisazhup's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism and Mental illness

Moderate: Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Racism, and Self harm

Minor: Fatphobia, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Slavery, and Transphobia

the_vegan_bookworm's review against another edition

hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

As an autistic person, this is easily my favourite book about autism. It centers the perspectives and experiences of autistics over neurotypicals, which is unfortunately quite unique in this genre. The author strikes a great balance between being well-researched and clearly cited, while also being easy to read and not overly dense.

The book taught me a lot about autistic experiences, even though I consider myself to be well-informed on the topic. With this in mind, I'd recommend it for anyone no matter your level of autism knowledge. The author validated so many elements of my autistic experiences, even those that I have not seen widely discussed (such as substance abuse disorders and eating disorders within autistic communities). 

I also appreciate the author's focus on both individual solutions and systemic ones. We can't change an ableist society on our own, but there are ways for us to thrive as autistic individuals in society.

Just a phenomenal read all around!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Alcoholism, and Eating disorder

Moderate: Domestic abuse

returningb00kworm's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Misogyny, Racism, and Self harm

zombiezami's review against another edition

hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Bullying, Eating disorder, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Biphobia, Chronic illness, Confinement, Drug abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Sexism, Torture, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Gaslighting, Alcohol, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Cursing, Domestic abuse, Slavery, Vomit, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Sexual harassment, Colonisation, and Pandemic/Epidemic

d3vilsw0lf's review against another edition

informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

After recently finding out I am autistic this has been an invaluable resource for me to better my understanding of the hidden disability I've been living with my entire life. 
Dr Price is very direct in the points he makes and uses interviews with other autistic people and studies that have been conductied to show how individualistic the disability can be, as well as how many parts of the disability overlap a wider group of people. The exercises are informative and, for me, eye-opening on how autism looks like in day-to-day lives. I'm very glad I found this book.
The only criticism I have is that I did have to pause multiple times as I read through the book due to things clicking into place from my past being down to undiagnosed autism, however I fully understand that is my experience reading the book with my life experience so is not a guarantee for everyone reading the book.
Thank you Dr Price for writing this book and being able to show me that autism isn't just a disability but far more than a label.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Panic attacks/disorders, Transphobia, and Gaslighting

The content warnings are more things discussed around the topic of autism and can be signs of trauma from being undiagnosed autistic and a neurotypical world

sevensableyes's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.0

A good book, definitely reccomend for people questioning. Easy to read and process. I'll definitely need to look into more books about autism, but I think this was a good starting point.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, and Eating disorder

jenny_librarian's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

4.5

A very interesting book about being autistic and learning to unmask and accept yourself.

Seeking an autism diagnosis as an adult is extremely difficult. Most people who don’t realize they are autistic before adulthood have low support needs, and have been masking all their life. It makes it incredibly hard then to figure out which parts of you are the mask and which are your true self. Despite the numerous green sticky notes I used when relating to autistic traits mentioned, I gaslighted myself throughout the whole thing, figuring that since I didn’t have it “that bad”, I must be appropriating an identity that wasn’t mine.

This book was illuminating on some points, but should definitely be used as part of a larger research if you think you are on the spectrum. It did include BIPOC and queer perspectives as well as those from people with other disabilities, something that not enough books and research do.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Child abuse, Drug abuse, Eating disorder, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Bullying, Chronic illness, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Genocide, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Police brutality, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual harassment, Dysphoria, and Classism

Minor: Infertility, Slavery, and Suicide

sarahna's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug use, Eating disorder, Fatphobia, Hate crime, Homophobia, Mental illness, Misogyny, Racism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Forced institutionalization, Police brutality, Medical trauma, Dysphoria, and Classism